We have added a new one to the firsts we have achieved with our employee-oriented management approach and our performance in the field of high corporate culture. We participated in the program conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute, which provides services on workplace culture and employee satisfaction on a global scale , and succeeded in obtainingthe "Great Place to Work " certificate with 14 of our companies. In the Great Place To Work® employee survey, which we participated in for the third time this year, we were entitled to receive certification with 11 of our subsidiaries in the first year and 13 in the second year.
We also broke the record of "being the group with the highest number of companies on the list" by entering the Great Place to Work® "Turkey's Best Employers" list with 10 companies this year. By further improving our success in the field of employee branding through surveys conducted every year, we have demonstrated that we take our steps in this direction with determination.
Our parent company Aydem Holding and our subsidiaries Aydem Renewable Energy, Adm Electricity Distribution, Gdz Electricity Distribution, Aydem Retail, Gediz Retail, GDZ Eyaş, Parla Solar, ÇATES, Yatağan, Entek, Elsan, Tümaş and Yeni Filo received the "Great Workplace" certificate based on the evaluation of our employees.
"We are happy to make our achievements sustainable"
Stating that in 2022, we focused on sustainability and we are very happy to make our achievements sustainable, Aydem Energy Human Resources Group Director Fatih İslamoğlu said, "2022 was a year in which we focused on managing the great change that came with the pandemic and focusing on value-added projects. Changes in the way we work and its reflection in our companies continued to be a priority. Our important initiatives and projects such as Aydem Academy, Aydem Equal Life gender equality initiative, S-energy internship program, Enerjim Tamam Young Talent Program, New Working Models, which we positioned under our employee brand "We for Energy" announced last year, continued with the same energy this year. To make our processes more sustainable, we renewed our procedures and integrated support systems. The fact that we have been certified as a great workplace by Great Place to Work® for the third time in a row, and that 14 of our group companies have been awarded the certification, shows us in the best way possible that the projects we realize are appreciated."
The target for increase in the number of employees in 2023 is 15 percent.
Stating that 2022 was a year in which they created value in terms of employment, Islamoğlu said that they provided 2,690 new jobs in total and the total number of employees was 12,350. Fatih Islamoğlu added that their goal is to increase the number of employees by 15 percent and enrich the corporate culture by the end of 2023.